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skim through

skim through verb: to go through something hastily.

Verb

skim through (third-person singular simple present skims through, present participle skimming through, simple past and past participle skimmed through)

  1. to go through something hastily
  2. to read something hurriedly without being attached to details

Forms of skim through

third-person singular presentskims through
present participleskimming through
past participleskimmed through
pastskimmed through

Questions about skim through

What does skim through mean?
Skim through means to go through something hastily.
What part of speech is skim through?
Skim through is a verb.
What is the past tense of skim through?
The past tense of skim through is skimmed through.

Words near skim through in the dictionary

  1. skim milk
  2. skim milks
  3. skim off
  4. skim pit
  5. skim pits
  6. skim through
  7. skim-coat
  8. skim-coated
  9. skim-coating
  10. skim-coats
  11. skim-read

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